Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-31

uB crrx ccuRcub wuaa ~ nAtRT-
THK wossT PARE on Geu~
HoAD BuuDN0.
tRsSSasr Ger. ost-Estslligssow.f
Al thsir msc1ing ysahanday ahe Qiy
Ooaneil passsd retsauttcns 10 improve
81 Hslens slrest from ssulh eexa1sA 70
o street; also Soath 6evse1eanth Gtfeet
from Rsefhc avenue 10 X BssWUss als0
yakima avenue fra@ Division evC01s ~
euulA 1wsnty. AEs. street.
The n6dlnGnce vaeaiinq South Seventh
strssth foT ahs oene9t q he Nexaharn
Paofhe Rallroad Oompany, for Ne cree
aion thereon Of 81 oaEce oaildlnR vas
read the 6rHt time.
The ordinance appEoprialiea elf9g 70
Be- paii IN difsFsnf amounts % psEsons
owning pFupeFtv iniared BY the opeMang
ana entsnaion Of MoCarvsF and Mas
sereetA, for whloA said property VS.
eondemned, Was Eead 3 nscoud time ana
referred 90 the IndiginFy Oummitaan.
1he ordinances wAs rad third tine
and pansed, pFovidiDG THAI por1un9 0a-
sirina 20 use che streets fuR asgosiaiuR
halldinR material, and alno foE movina
haildinQs, % hrst oocuEe 9 permit froR
the Olty Clerk. This ordinances vas IN
tRodnced hy the 6traat Commit1na a. Q
means of keeping sneh EnattoFH aa thea8
fnam taking 40 toe tims Of ~ Oo1noil.
Is given AAo City Clark aG4hoRity 10
RrAnt sneh psrmiis. limiting the sanne 10
ninety daya
Bids WsEs opsnsd Zen ~ impsovs-
nant Of Sc. Heaan'R Etreea. aoSordlnn 90
spocinomsionG. aa follows: N II. Han
son 4 Co, S2s7A7S; =. j. Jahnsoa.
$99l.R0. ~. s. Welaa, &266a. Hhe
bids were referred 30 tha Street O0m-
mites, with cgwsf 10 enter into q con
tract With the loses fespoasibls bidder.
The contrast foF ctty pHintsnR was
awarded 10 the Ledger.
vTETzn N TIE CASCADES.
W. q. Baden and Hunt a Patton. the
,onsrao,ofa Who built tha Cascade divi-
hon Of the Northern Pacific railroad
rom Weston 10 EllensburRs were In The
liiy yesterday for the purpose Of sign
lompany Cor that work. Their general
ontracf covered q distance Of Afty-nins
niles, beginning ct Weston, where Mel
on Bennett'a contract terminated, ana
the mountain QEade On boaar
iees the switchbaok, and che stKetoh az
alley and canyon frem Easlon 10
llensbure. Mr.. Bladen waa the bridge
ontractoF, and be says that hia part of
he work cosl the company IN round
CURES half million dollars.
"Me had an awful winter Of iL" he
Md, in a conversation with the Poa1-
man. "NobodY Who has
0i spent The winter up there knoWa
nythina about 10. 10 began 10 snow In
ctobeF and kept u up Raeil the i2th Of
Iay."
MAN wHATun
"Those lAsa twelve daya were a. mean
J their weather as any Of che winter
Fobably the meanest spell Of the eea-
n. No, there was not q great deal Of
oney In the contract. Every man wh0
"a work 10 do during the winter had q
& slice taken Of his margin. For In
anoe, 10 cost ua twice 90 much 10 Fnu
n saWmills that season e u aid be-
60 the auov set In. We had 90 much
IoW shoveling 10 DO 10 keep the lum-
IF free from 10. Then fer two weeks
} we're totally shut In, % that The PACK
aina could not reach rs and we paid
% men oil that time for doing nothing
n packing Ia their own provisions %
oW shoes. There are Only about sin
Deks during which the snow ID 0rm.
be temperature during The whole win
! vas quite mild, nol much colder
An is was here. TIE snow does not
J until after Christmas. II falls nearly
but malea. 10 gaea sofa
ON the middle Of February and vill
4 lie In places thai have been
oL.RARKD OFT
nd Il therefore troubles the
0und. wneTe it EAiis on UthaE
0w 10 remaina 10 some extent. In
arch and ApFii u rained considerable,
"a what with the melting snow and
"a rain and sluah and water, Il was
mply terrific. have seen them try 10
, track under such conditions upon
e made ground, and often the nil
"a the ties have sunk down Qua Of
In the mud. From the
{ 20 the 18th OF May, &c have said, u
insd and showed, sloeted and atoEmea
oFse than u had during the winter.
q the 18th Of May the sun same oat as
light and warm as u ia today, and u
ls remained 90 ever since. Tho
'ound dried very rapidly aud woRk
as pushed along at q lively gait again,
lFinQ the whole winter, the days we're
lort, and q large part Of most OF them
a. devoted 20 shovelinQ away the
,ou that had fallen during The night"
"The contemplated SNOW sheds will
leFeome that difheally 70 q great en-
,ntis
"well, the company has about decid-
!. ! understand, not 20 put up aa many
SHEDS
Q they hrsi lhoughs Of doing. They
III try next winter 10 get along with
1yering only suoh places whore thsy
lnnot use the snow plow 10 advantage.
hey will experiment with the ploW
sxt winter. They claim great thinga
" the recently Improved ploWs. Il
ould only require their uso for about
= weeks, 40 l say, for except The Short
sFiod Of midUinieF, the snow will melt
hen touching The earth
Mg. Charles Holahkias, formerly Of
Be hrm Of Rowland a Hotchkiss, gro
srs Of this city, and Who recently re-
red from that dfm, has formed part.
srship With y. M. Nolan, In the same
ne OF business, and will commenoe
aking stock Mouday morning f0F the
uFpose Of adjusting the new relation.
II. Rowland has associated himself
Iith q gentleman whose name is not
OF made public. This hFm will In The
uture conAne itself exclusively 10 the
lholesAle business.
TAooMA, Jaly 30, 1881.
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